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Wow! amazing architecture.. is this true? i mean how can that be? it might sink when it is high tide.. :) really great..
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Wow! amazing architecture.. is this true? i mean how can that be? it might sink when it is high tide.. :) really great..
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Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
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Mastalgia: Benign Breast Pain
by Sylvia Sensiper, PhD
Many women experience mastalgia—breast pain that is not of cancerous origin. Breast pain and tenderness may be a routine part of the monthly menstrual cycle. But if the pain seems unbearable, or occurs during mid-cycle, it may be time to take action.
When faced with breast pain on a monthly basis, some women suspect the worst and think cancer. Others simply accept the pain as a burden. But neither scenario is necessarily correct. Any persistent, sudden, or severe breast pain warrants a visit to your doctor to rule out a serious illness. If nothing is found, which is often the case, your doctor can work with you to discover the real cause of your discomfort and find a remedy that works for you.
A Proper Diagnosis
Your doctor may not seem overly concerned when you report pain in your breasts. In fact, most breast pain is caused by problems that are not life-threatening, and only a small percent of diagnosed breast cancers present with pain as a symptom. Physical exam of the breast is usually the first step in a diagnosis. If the physical exam is normal, your doctor will make a decision about whether testing, such as mammography or ultrasound studies are needed.
You will be asked to determine whether your pain is cyclic or noncyclic. Keeping a daily chart of breast changes and pain can help you understand your body's changes and what might be causing the pain. Cyclic and noncyclic pain can be caused by a wide array of factors and sometimes can be reduced by changing your diet, clothing, or medication.
Cyclic Pain
Cyclic pain is probably caused by the hormonal changes—especially the estrogen surge—that are a part of your menstrual cycle. As the body prepares for a possible pregnancy, or a menstrual period, the number of milk-producing cells and amount of breast fluid increases.
The resulting enlargement causes a pain that has been described as dull and aching. It is usually greatest in the upper and outer portion of the breast, closest to the armpit where most of the milk duct tissue is. The pain is often felt more acutely in one breast, although both are usually involved.
Monitoring the Pain
Keeping a record of your pain and its intensity will help you determine whether the pain occurs before your upcoming menstrual cycle. It may offer some psychological relief when you realize that the onset of menstruation relieves the pain. At this point, you can begin experimenting with a range of possible remedies.
Finding Dietary Causes
Some studies have shown that relief may start with simple dietary modifications:
Mechanical interventions such as a properly-fitted support bra, hot and cold applications during intense pain, and breast massage may also relieve your pain.
Taking Medication
If you have no success with these remedies, medication may be advised. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, are sometimes recommended for breast pain. Prescription medicines like danazol, tamoxifen, and bromocriptine are sometimes prescribed. Because they can have significant side effects, most health practitioners use them only as a last resort.
Noncyclic Pain
As with cyclic pain, you should keep a daily record of your discomfort to help determine the cause. Noncyclic pain is usually localized in a specific area in 1 breast and is not related to the hormonal fluctuations of your menstrual cycle. Benign changes in the breast include cysts, fibroadenomas, duct ectasia (widening), mastitis (inflammation), injury, and breast abscesses. Fibrocystic disease, a common and benign condition, is also possible. All require medical evaluation. In fact, if your breast pain occurs with redness of the skin, fever, or warmth in the breast, you should seek medical attention right away. This could point to an infection.
If these problems are not the source of your pain, you might have a musculoskeletal condition causing your pain, such as costochondritis, an inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs to the sternum. Noncyclic breast tenderness and pain can also be caused by medications prescribed for hormonal conditions, high blood pressure, and heart and gastrointestinal problems. Some women even find their pain is made worse by herbal products, particularly products that are marketed as reducing premenstrual symptoms.
Know Your Body
For many women, breast pain significantly affects quality of life. It is a condition that women find painful, and physicians often find frustrating to treat. Many women suffer in silence. And when you do finally seek treatment and are reassured that you do not have cancer, it still may take time to identify the source of your pain.
The steps to understanding and coping with breast pain are within your reach. Awareness of any breast changes and keeping track of your pain will help. It may take time to fully manage your pain, but take heart in the knowledge that many women have found relief.
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The FBI now wants to require all encrypted communications systems to have backdoors for surveillance, according to a New York Times report, and to the nation's top crypto experts it sounds like a battle they've fought before.
Back in the 1990s, in what's remembered as the crypto wars, the FBI and NSA argued that national security would be endangered if they did not have a way to spy on encrypted e-mails, IMs and phone calls. After a long protracted battle, the security community prevailed after mustering detailed technical studies and research that concluded that national security was actually strengthened by wide use of encryption to secure computers and sensitive business and government communications.
Now the FBI is proposing a similar requirement that would require online service providers, perhaps even software makers, to only offer encrypted communication unless the companies have a way to unlock the communications.
In the New York Times story that unveiled the drive, the FBI cited a case where a mobster was using encrypted communication, and the FBI had to sneak into his office to plant a bug. One of the named problems was RIM, the maker of BlackBerrys, which provides encrypted e-mail communications for companies and governments, and which has come under pressure from India and the United Arab Emirates to locate its severs in its countries.
According to the proposal, any company doing business in the States could not create an encrypted communication system without having a way for the government to order the company to decrypt it, and those who currently do offer that service would have to retool it. It's the equivalent of outlawing whispering in real life.
Cryptographers have long argued that backdoors aren't a feature—they are just a security hole that will inevitably be abused by hackers or adversarial governments.
The proposal also contradicts a congressionally-ordered 1996 National Research Council report that found that requiring backdoors was not a sensible policy for the government.
"While the use of encryption technologies is not a panacea for all information security problems, we believe that adoption of our recommendations would lead to enhanced protection and privacy for individuals and businesses in many areas, ranging from cellular and other wireless phone conversations to electronic transmission of sensitive business or financial documents," said committee chair Kenneth W. Dam, professor of American and foreign law at the University of Chicago. "It is true that the spread of encryption technologies will add to the burden of those in government who are charged with carrying out certain law enforcement and intelligence activities. But the many benefits to society of widespread commercial and private use of cryptography outweigh the disadvantages."
Moreover, cases of encryption tripping up law enforcement are extremely rare, according the government's own records. In 2009, for instance, the government got court approval for 2,376 wiretaps and encountered encryption only once—and was able to get the contents of the communication. Statistics for other years show no problems whatsoever for the government.
Jim Dempsey, the West Coast director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, told Wired.com that the FBI is now saying that the numbers are mistaken—and they'll issue new ones in the spring.
Despite that, the FBI is saying that its spying capabilities could be degraded unless the Congress requires companies using encryption to remake their current systems so that the companies have some way to spy on the communications.
The FBI did not return a call seeking comment, but the FBI's general counsel Valerie Caproni told the New York Times that companies "can promise strong encryption. They just need to figure out how they can provide us plain text."
While the scope of the proposal isn't clear, it would seem to target Hushmail, Skype, RIM and PGP, each of which use encryption to make it possible for users to communicate without fear of being eavesdropped on by the company making the service, hackers, criminals, business competitors, and governments (authoritarian or otherwise).
There's also a number of open source software packages that might also get swept up by the proposal, including OpenPGP (an open protocol for sending encrypted e-mails), TOR (a system for disguising the origin of web traffic), and OTR (a system for encrypting instant messages).
University of Pennsylvania computer science professor Matt Blaze, a cryptography expert, coauthored a paper in 1998 about the technical limitations of requiring back doors in crypto, says he's confused by the return of the dream of perfect surveillance capabilities.
"This seems like a far more baffling battle in a lot of ways," Blaze said. "In the 1990s, the government was trying to prevent something necessary, good and inevitable."
"In this case they are trying to roll back something that already happened and that people are relying on," Blaze said.
Few 'Net users realize that they rely on cryptography every day. For instance, online shopping relies on browsers and servers communicating using SSL. Government employees, NGOs and businesses use RIM and PGP's e-mail encryption systems to safely protect diplomatic secrets, confidential business documents and human rights communications. It's not clear how those services could continue since they work by having each user create special decryption keys on their own devices, so that no one, including PGP or RIM, could decrypt the communication if they wanted to. In PGP's case, the company doesn't even run a mail server.
Skype routes calls through peer-to-peer connections in order to be able to offer free internet calls, using encryption to prevent the computers in the middle from being able to listen in. Under the FBI's proposed rules, that architecture would be illegal. Targeted calls would have to be routed through Skype.
"It would make Skype illegal," said Peter Neumann, the principal scientist at TKTK who testified to Congress in the 1990s on the earlier proposal.
"The arguments haven't changed," Neumann said. "9/11 was something long predicted and it hasn't changed the fact hat if you are going to do massive surveillance using the ability to decrypt—even with warrants, it would have to be done with enormously careful oversight. Given we don't have comp systems that are secure, the idea we will have adequate oversight is unattainable.
"Encryption has life-critical consequences," Neumann added.
The CDT's Dempsey, who spent years working on the Hill on digital policy issues, says the issue won't get to Congress until next year, and depending on the election, could face Republican backlash, especially given that the Tea Party movement is driven in part by a distrust of big government.
Most importantly, for encryption advocates is getting the government to describe in detail what their problems are and what they propose as a solution.
In the 1990s, the NSA created the Clipper chip intended for telecoms to use to encrypt phone calls. The NSA initially refused to let outsiders see the chip, which had a backdoor for the government.
"We, meaning Matt Blaze, Peter Neumann and [Columbia University professor] Steven Bellovin, got them to show us details," Dempsey said. "Then Matt broke the Clipper chip."
That put an end to that proposal.
"No disrespect to Matt, but there are 10,000 people who can do what he did, and my worry is half of them work for Moldovian criminal hacker groups," Dempsey said.
Another concern is that wiretapping requirements in software have a tendency to be used not just by governments bound to the rule of law. For instance, TKTK was lambasted last year for selling telecom equipment to Iran that included the ability to wiretap mobile phones at will. Lost in that uproar was the fact that sophisticated wiretapping capabilities became standard issue for technology thanks to the US government's CALEA rules that require all phone systems, and now broadband systems, to include these capabilities.
Blaze says he's just confused by the proposal.
"If the point is to discourage the use of encryption broadly, that contradicts the policy position of this administration and the two before it," Blaze said. "We need to protect the country's information infrastructure. I was at meeting of the White House and the very same officials backing this were talking about the rollout of DNSSEC [a technology that protects the internet's lookup system from hackers].
"So how do you reconcile that with the policy of discouraging encyrption broadly?," Blaze asked.


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A Horde player from one of my BG matches that I was the only Alliance Healer – left the BG and logged over and created a level 1 alt on my realm.
I've never created a level 1 to rage at someone that has pee'd me off from another realm. For the most any negative experiences had, is not worth creating a level 1 to grief them. It's taking any issues you have with someone a little too far, and accomplishes what?
"I'm going to make a big bad level 1 alt and harass you"
but I hear of people doing that all the time.
I had to re-read the whisper from a level one to make sure I wasn't being griefed but complimented.
How many people do you know that do that? Log over to someones realms to thank them or compliment them


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Originating among France's Burgundy peasantry, this dish was elevated to the status of haute cuisine by none other than the King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings (as the French press and Kaiser Wilhelm II referred to him) – Auguste Escoffier. Julia Child in her Mastering the Art of French Cooking, refers to Boeuf Bourguignon as "certainly one of the most delicious beef dishes concocted by man."
While looking for a kosher version that might do justice to Ms. Child's praises, I came across this scrumptious recipe in Lévana Kirschenbaum's latest book, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen, page 164:
Boeuf Bourguignon
Spend a wonderful evening with a few French classics and some wine to go with dinner! By the way, my bourguignon has been included in Joan Schwartz's charming book, deceptively innocent, called Meat and Potatoes. My secret ingredient is crème de cassis, the wonderful black currant liqueur.
This dish reheats very well and improves with age, so go ahead and make it a day or two ahead.
- 4 pounds beef or bison shoulder, cut into 2 inch cubes for stew
- 6 cups water
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 cups dry wine
- 1/4 cup crème de cassis
- 2 large tomatoes, diced small
- 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 6 bay leaves, or 1 teaspoon ground
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only(or throw in the sprigs in whole, but don't forget to discard them at the end of cooking)
- 2 pounds very thin long carrots, peeled (about 20)
- 20 very small organic potatoes, scrubbed (only organic potatoes are safe with skins on)
- 2 dozen tiny onions, peeled and left whole (frozen OK: they are already peeled)On a stove top: Place beef, water, and oil in a heavy, wide-bottom pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce to medium and cook covered for 2 hours. Add the garlic, wine, creme de cassis, tomatoes, pepper, and bay leaves and cook for 30 more minutes. Add thyme, carrots, potatoes, and onions and cook for 30 minutes. The meat should be fork tender, Transfer meat and all vegetables on platter with a slotted spoon. If the liquid left in the pot is too thin, reduce it on a high flame until it is thickened, the consistency of maple syrup. Pour the reduced liquid over the whole dish and serve hot. Will make 8 to 10 servings.With a Crock-Pot: Layer all the ingredients except the water (no water) in a 6-quart Crock-Pot, in the order they were given. Set the Crock-Pot on low in the morning. It will be ready for dinner (10 to 12 hours total cooking time).Variation: Try the dish using dark stout beer instead of wine, as my daughter in law Ruthie does.


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Italy hospital: Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest
ROME (AP) — Organizers of the Taormina Film Festival scrambled Thursday to put together a last-minute tribute to U.S. actor James Gandolfini, after he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while in Italy to attend the festival's closing ceremony and receive an honor from the Sicilian resort city.
Gandolfini was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. (2100 GMT; 5 p.m. EDT) Wednesday in Rome after being rushed by ambulance to the Policlinic Umberto I hospital. Dr. Claudio Modini, head of the hospital emergency room, said Gandolfini arrived at the hospital at 10:40 p.m. (2040 GMT; 4:40 p.m. EDT) and was pronounced dead after resuscitation efforts in the ambulance and hospital failed.
An autopsy would be performed starting 24 hours after the death, as required by law, he told The Associated Press.
The actor, known for his tortured portrayal of Italian-American mob boss Tony Soprano in the drama series "The Sopranos," was to have given a special class at the Taormina Film Festival, an annual festival that takes place against the backdrop of Taormina's spectacular Roman amphitheater. Actor Jeremy Irons gave a similar class earlier in the week.
Later Saturday, Gandolfini was to have been given the "Taormina City Prize" before attending the festival's closing ceremony alongside actress Marisa Tomei.
Festival organizers Mario Sesti and Tiziana Rocca said instead they would organize a tribute "to celebrate his great achievement and talent."
They said they had heard from Gandolfini a few hours before he died and "he was very happy to receive this award and be able to travel to Italy."
The U.S. Embassy in Rome, which said it had only learned about the death from the media, said it would be available to provide a death certificate and help prepare the body for return to the United States. The embassy said it can often take between four and seven days to arrange for it to be sent outside of Italy.
The embassy spokesman declined further comment, directing inquiries to the family.


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After months of delay, the "Copyright Alert System," (also known as "six strikes") is ready for its "implementation phase." Participating ISPs will be rolling out the system "over the course of the next several days."
As we've reported previously, six strikes was conceived of by Center for Copyright Information (CCI)—an umbrella group representing major ISPs across the US and representatives from the recording and film industries. The group agreed in 2011 to come up with a six-stage warning scheme that would progressively warn—and eventually penalize—alleged online copyright infringers. (Here's the CCI's new video explaining the process and its new promo video.)
CCI has said previously that filing an appeal will cost $35.
"The CAS marks a new way to reach consumers who may be engaging in peer-to-peer (P2P) piracy," wrote Jill Lesser, CCI's head, on Monday. Its launch today "marks the culmination of many months of work" to stop piracy and promote lawful alternatives.
She has also previously acknowledged to Ars that six strikes would not alter the behavior of those who use a VPN, Tor, or other similar digital tools to obscure one's digital footprint.
Participating ISPs, including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Cablevision, and Time Warner Cable, have yet to publicize any information or even mention the program anywhere on their websites—except Verizon, which refers to it as the "Copyright Alert Program."
Ars has requested comment from all of the ISPs about their launch date and specific terms of service, but only Verizon has responded.
"We'll let you know after we've notified our customers," Ed McFadden, a Verizon spokesperson, told Ars.
Verizon won't cut you off
In its own description of the program, however, Verizon uses a lot of the same language that Lesser has previously described to Ars—that six strikes isn't meant to be punitive, but rather educative.
Verizon, though, has said on its own website that it will engage in speed reduction but not outright termination.
The goal of our program is to alert you about possible copyright infringement involving your account so that you, as the account owner, can take steps to prevent it from happening in the future. The program uses an escalating approach to sending alerts that starts with email and recorded voice mail alerts. If we receive more than two notices related to your account, we will send you an alert via a web page pop-up that will require you to click to acknowledge receipt of the alert. If we receive a fifth copyright notice from copyright owners related to your account, we will send you an alert via a web page pop-up notifying you that, unless you elect to seek an independent review of the validity of the notices you received (see below for more details), your Internet access service speed will be temporarily reduced for a period of 2 days to a rate of 256Kbps (a little faster than typical dial-up speed). We will let you know 14 days before any reduction in speed is scheduled to occur. The same process will apply if you receive a sixth alert except that the temporary speed reduction will be for 3 days rather than 2.
Finally, our Copyright Alert Program is designed to promote education and awareness of copyright issues and does not include termination of service at any stage of the process.
At least one Comcast customer has raised the issue of account termination in the company's forums, posing it this way:
I simply want to know and this should be CLEARLY LISTED IN Black and White on the Comcast Terms of Service. If a Subscriber receives 6 Strikes WILL HIS SERVICE BE TERMINATED ?? Yes or No ?? Why no one else is asking this question is beyond me.
We're still waiting for an answer from Comcast too.
Update 4:09pm CT: A Comcast representative e-mailed Ars to say that "termination is not part of the CAS."
In the meantime, the president of consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge called the activation of six strikes a "significant test."
"I urge both the participating Internet service providers and the content companies to be more open and transparent about how the CAS works and, after the system has been in place for a time, to provide the public data that shows how the system is working," Gigi Sohn, who is also a CCI advisory board member, said in a statement. "I will continue to use my role on the Center for Copyright Information Advisory Board to ensure that Internet users' rights are protected; that the process provided under the CAS is robust and accessible; and that the CAS operates transparently and with public input."


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Today's News: Our Take - Track Stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams Join Olympic Bobsled Team
The U.S. Olympic bobsled team is getting some help from track stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams, The Associated Press reports.
Jones, who specialized in hurdling, and Williams, a gold medal sprinter, were among the nine women chosen for the national team on Saturday. Theaccomplishment is particularly notable for Williams, who had never touched a bobsled until July. ''I know this is the right place for me right now,'' Williams, 30,said. ''I've learned so much in the two months already. And do I want to make it all the way to the end? Certainly.''
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Jones, 31, first joined the U.S. national bobsled team in October 2012 and competed in the World Cup bobsledding competition the following month. She and the U.S. team won gold at the FIBT World Championships in January 2013.
Making the team doesn't necessarily mean either will compete in the Sochi Games, which begin Feb. 7. ''It was difficult to narrow the women's push field to six and it will be even more challenging to select the top three for the Olympic team in a few months,'' the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation CEO Darrin Steele said in a statement. ''The hard work and dedication has paid off and I couldn't be more proud of all these athletes.''
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Black Cloud took three to four months to complete "due to scheduling conflicts," says Pizem. " We both have families, and family comes first."
The two began the route in early July and sent it in a one day push in mid October. Intending to establish the line ground up, the two abandoned that plan when they encountered extremely loose and dangerous rock low on the climb. "As much as I appreciate the style of ground up," says Piezm, "I have found that the best modern routes are established top down. Chris and I didn't want to create a turd, yet we didn't want to dishonor the experience of climbing in the Black."
Righter and Pizem rapped in, fixed ropes, sussed the line then each of them freed every pitch either on lead or while seconding. The first crux, says Pizem, "Is a 40+ meter pitch of mixed face and crack climbing. It is vertical to slightly overhanging on the best stone that I have ever climbed on in the Black. It is technical, edgy and balancy the whole way and ends by giving you a slight pump 5.11+."
A second 5.12- 60-meter crux with suspect pro leads to a dihedral and a thin undercling to lie back roof and into perfect stone with a placement every few feet. "The river is way below," says Pizem, "you are pumped and you can't see or hear your partner. It's an amazing feeling be way out on your own in the middle of an ocean of rock!"
Pizem's most exciting moment, however, was found on the canyon floor. Ducking into a massive cave to get out of the rain and rockfall he found mountain-lion scat and animal bones. "I actually thought that I was going to get eaten," he says. I was scared shitless."
Ducking into a massive cave to get out of the rain and rockfall he found mountain-lion scat and animal bones.
No stranger to adventure, Pizem is best know for freeing big routes, notably Arcturus (VI 5.13+/5.14a) on Half Dome in 2006. Attempting to free Robbins' original line, Pizem fell and broke a vertebrae in his back. After nearly a year of recovery, he returned with Mike Anderson and made that route's first—and still only—free ascent. "I love climbing big routes because I am an endurance guy by nature and I like to climb all day long," he says. "The physcial/mental challenge of having to keep going without falling after you climb one or more hard pitches, then climb more hard pitches is way more satisfying than just sending a single pitch route or boulder problem."


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Study suggests pregnant teens need better school support
MIAMI - When 15-year-old Kali Gonzalez became pregnant, the honors student considered transferring to an alternative school. She worried teachers would harass her for missing class because of doctor's appointments and morning sickness.
A guidance counselor urged Gonzalez not to, saying that could lower her standards.
Instead, her counselor set up a meeting with teachers at her St. Augustine high school to confirm she could make up missed assignments, eat in class and use the restroom whenever she needed. Gonzalez, who is now 18, kept an A average while pregnant. She capitalized on an online school program for parenting students so she could stay home and take care of her baby during her junior year. She returned to school her senior year and graduated with honors in May.
But Gonzalez is a rare example of success among pregnant students. Schools across the country are divided over how to handle them, with some schools kicking them out or penalizing students for pregnancy-related absences. And many schools say they can't afford costly support programs, including tutoring, child care and transportation for teens who may live just a few miles from school but still too far to walk while pregnant or with a small child.
Nearly 400,000 girls and young women between 15 and 19 years old gave birth in 2010, a rate of 34 per 1,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Those statistics have led child advocates to push for greater adherence to a 1972 law that bans sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, according to a new study by the National Women's Law Center.
Fatima Goss Graves, the center's vice president of education and employment, says offering pregnant teens extra support would ultimately save taxpayers money by helping them become financially independent and not dependent on welfare.
But budget cuts have eaten into such efforts.
California lawmakers slashed a successful program for such students in 2008, ruling it was no longer mandatory, and allowed school districts to use the money for other programs.
More than 100,000 pregnant and parenting students have participated in the program that helps them with classwork and connects them with social services. It boasted a 73 percent graduation rate in 2010 - close to the state's normal rate - and advocates said participants were less reliant on welfare and less likely to become pregnant again. That compares to several counties where only 30 percent of pregnant and parenting teens graduated.
Three years ago in Wisconsin, cost-cutting lawmakers dropped a requirement for school districts to give pregnant students who live within two miles of a school building free rides to school. The requirement had been part of an effort to improve access to education and reduce infant mortality rates.
In almost half of the states, including Idaho, Nevada, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah, the definition of excused absences is not broad enough to include pregnant and parenting students. That typically results in a patchwork of policies where some school districts don't excuse absences even if the student is in the hospital giving birth, according to the study.
But a few states have developed programs to help improve graduate rates among pregnant girls and young mothers.
In Washington, D.C., caseworkers in the New Heights Teen Parent Program often stand by the school entrance or text pregnant students and young moms to make sure they are attending classes.
When students do miss school, caseworkers take them homework assignments. About 600 students participate in the program which also helps students with housing, child care and parenting skills. But the $1.6 million federal grant funding the program runs out next year and officials said they don't have a clear future funding source.
Roughly 4,500 male and female student parents participated in a Pennsylvania program last year where case workers helped them balance school and child care. Nearly 1,300 graduated or received an equivalent, state officials said. The ELECT program, which started in 1990 as a partnership between state child welfare and education officials, monitors students' attendance, coordinates summer programs and links them with support systems in the community.
Florida allows pregnant and parenting students to receive homebound instruction and lays out a clear process to make up missed work. The state also gives those students the option of taking online classes.
In St. Johns County, where Gonzalez lives, the school district provides free day care for teen moms and bus transportation for students and their children.
Pregnant students are often stereotyped as low-achievers, but advocates say pregnancy actually motivates some to do better in school.
Gonzalez, whose daughter is now 2, said her grades improved after she became pregnant.
"I did push myself a lot harder and I made sure that I wasn't going to be that statistic," said Gonzalez, who is now married and pursuing a nursing degree.


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Today's News: Our Take - Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford Weds The Glades' Kiele Sanchez
Friday Night Lights grad Zach Gilford and The Glades' Kiele Sanchez married Saturday in California, Zap2it reports.
Gilford, 30, and Sanchez, 36, met in early 2010 co-starring on the failed ABC pilot The Matadors. He popped the question in November 2011. The couple are also expecting their first child early next year.
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This is the first marriage for Gilford and the second for Sanchez, who was previously married to writer and director Zach Helm.
Best known for playing Matt Saracen on Friday Night Lights, Gilford most recently starred in the short-lived drama The Mob Doctor. Sanchez, who played Nikki on Lost, currently co-stars on A&E's The Glades.
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It's been a postseason of redemption for Nationals racing president Teddy Roosevelt, who is on a sudden winning streak after losing 525 straight races.
Facing possible elimination Thursday night at Nationals Park, infielder Mark DeRosa read the team a speech by Teddy Roosevelt before the game. Then, when the presidents race began, the Nats trotted out an all star cast of Teddy's past nemeses to help exorcise his demons.
As George, Tom, and Abe raced around the warning track towards the first base line, they were met in succession by a who's who of bad guys.
Long-time interloper That Cat tackled George Washington. Then a shark who attacked Teddy in August took out Thomas Jefferson.
Luc the Lobster, who has made several appearances over the years, tackled Abe Lincoln.
By that time, George Washington was back on his feet and actually passed Teddy and looked ready to steal the victory, but Mr. Kool Aid, a fan favorite who last appeared in 2010, appeared from the stands and decked the founding father.
Teddy turned around and fell backwards over the finish line, then pranced and posed around the stadium, basking in the glow of victory as the sellout crowd chanted his name.
On the national broadcast, TBS analyst Bob Brenley took Teddy to task for his celebration. "You're pimping it a little bit in front of the other presidents," he said. "Act like you've done it before."
After 7 seasons of losing, most fans seemed willing to cut the Rough Rider some slack.


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972Mag devotes itself to reporting and commentary on Israel and the Palestinian territories. On Friday, October 28, one of its columnists, Larry Derfner, posted about the explosive op-ed that Israeli Nahum Barnea, who he calls "the best-connected, most influential journalist in Israel" recently wrote.
He's calling out Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak for cooking up an attack [on Iran], maybe before this winter, maybe afterward, even though the security establishment, foreign governments and relatively level-headed members of this government are completely against it.
Then, on Wednesday, October 2, Derfner wrote:
They're freaking out in Jerusalem over the shitstorm that Barnea's "Atomic pressure" column started. "All sorts of systems and people have gone mad. This has no logical explanation or precedent," [Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor] Lieberman told IDF Radio. Dan Meridor, the proper, level-headed minister of intelligence and atomic energy, made Ma'ariv's top story today by saying, "Anat Kamm (just imprisoned for 4-1/2 years for leaking classified IDF documents to a journalist) is nothing compared to what's happening here. This is really crazy. I don't think there's ever been a public discussion like this."
Consequently, yesterday, October 3, Haaretz reported:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Shin Bet [Israel's internal security service] chief Yoram Cohen to begin investigating the information recently leaked to the media regarding Israel's preparations for a military offensive against Iran's nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti al-Jarida newspaper reported Thursday.
According to the report, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan and former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin are those responsible for leaking information to the media regarding an attack on Iran.
"The two recruited prominent journalists in Israel and disclosed false information in order to politically harm Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak," the newspaper quoted an Israeli source.
According to the source, Diskin wanted revenge for not receiving the post of Mossad chief and Dagan was disgruntled since his term as Mossad chief was not extended. [Emphasis added.]
Dagan and Diskin couldn't have had any other reason — such as keeping Iranian missiles from raining down on Israel with no guarantee that Israel's could knock out Iran's program — could they? Never mind the security of the Israeli people, along with self-aggrandizement (acting "Churchillian," in the words of his supporters), revenge and disgruntlement may be among the only motives which Netanyahu can understand.


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'Dog Whisperer' looks forward to new lease on life
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Very soon, Cesar Millan will have a new television show, a book, a tour, a documentary, and — if she says yes — a fiancee.
The year is ending on a high note for Millan as he ends his reign as TV's "Dog Whisperer" and bounces back from a suicide attempt in May 2010 that left him unconscious and hospitalized.
In "Cesar Millan: The Real Story," he talks publicly for the first time about the overdose that almost took his life. The documentary, which airs Nov. 25 on Nat Geo Wild, will also launch a global speaking tour.
"It's rare when someone with his level of celebrity is willing to completely open up and share the struggle and hardship it took to find success and happiness," said Geoff Daniels, executive vice president and general manager of Nat Geo Wild. "Cesar doesn't hold anything back, and I'm certain our audience will feel even closer to him for it."
The 43-year-old Mexican-born dog handler rose to fame in 2004, when his first TV series, "The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan," became National Geographic's top-rated show. Millan grew up in Culiacan, the largest city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, and worked on his grandfather's farm in the hopes of becoming the best dog trainer in the world.
At 21, alone and unable to speak English, he crossed the border and lived on the streets for two months before getting a job as a groomer and walker. Jada Pinkett (pre-Will Smith) hired him and got him an English tutor when she learned he wanted to be on TV.
As his popularity grew, his professional and personal lives appeared rosy: he became an author, made appearances in movies and on television, and his wife gave birth to two sons. In 2010 though, things took a tumble: his go-to pit bull, Daddy, died in February; a month later, he learned his wife of 16 years planned to divorce him; in May, he attempted suicide.
"I felt defeated, a big sense of guilt and failure. ... I was at the lowest level I had ever been emotionally and psychologically," he wrote in June on his website without mentioning his overdose.
He rejected antidepressants, choosing instead to get a grip through his pack dog wisdom and use exercise, discipline and affection to heal, he told The Associated Press. Another pit bull trained by Daddy has taken over Daddy's duties, though Junior will never take his place.
"Daddy was my Tibet, my Himalaya, my Gouda, my Buddha, my source of calmness," Millan said.
A new love in his life also helped, one whom Millan calls "the one." Jahira Dar lives with Milan and his youngest son in Los Angeles, and Millan said he planned to propose soon.
"It's a surprise," he joked. "I am a traditional guy, so I like to do the whole parent thing. I know they are going to say yes, but I like the whole Cinderella story."
Besides meeting Dar, constant work also helped him turn it around, said Millan, who described himself as a punctual workaholic who delegates chores and seldom cracks a smile. He runs a rehab complex, the Dog Psychology Center, at a ranch in Santa Clarita, a magazine and a philanthropic foundation, and sells his own line of dog products and instructional CDs and DVDs. His seventh book, "A Short Guide to a Happy Dog," is due out Jan. 1, and Nat Geo Wild will premiere a new show, "Leader of the Pack," on Jan. 5. "Dog Whisperer" ended its run on Sept. 15.
The new series, which was filmed in Spain, aims to increase pet rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming around the world. It will feature his training philosophy, a belief that every dog knows its place and follows rules set by the pack leader — in this case, a human such as an owner or a trainer.
His success hasn't been without critics. Bonnie Beaver, a board-certified veterinary behaviorist in Texas, said he mishandles animals and that he is losing credibility because "in some situations, he is actually making a diagnosis."
"He may not even recognize he is making a diagnosis," she said, adding that when he says a dog has separation anxiety or dominance problems, "he's putting a label on it and in reality that label is a diagnosis."
In California, that is legal, but in Texas it is not, she said, because "making a diagnosis and setting up a course of treatment is restricted to certain professionals."
Daniels dismissed the critics, saying that "few have ever spoken to him directly or taken the time to understand what he is all about — which is a man with a deep passion for helping animals and people."
That passion for animals — especially dogs — is evident. Millan said he's never met a dog he didn't like, and chose a canine as his lone companion for a hypothetical stranding on a deserted island.
He also defended his love for pit bulls, saying: "It's not the breed, it's the human behind the dog." Rehabbing dogs is easy, he said, but training people is not.
"A dog would never see me as a Mexican or immigrant or think things people say about me. Dogs don't rationalize. They don't hold anything against a person. They don't see the outside of a human but the inside of a human," he said.
But there are some times when he prefers people over animals. He was tactful when he said he had both a human and a canine best friend. And he was quick to say that he preferred the Super Bowl over the "Puppy Bowl," the Animal Planet's pet-friendly TV show that features puppies romping on a room-sized football field.
"I have a 'Puppy Bowl' every day," he explained.


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Creamy Artichoke Lasagna
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Macaroni and Cheese Chowder with Crispy Ham
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Milk-Braised Pork with Cheesy Grits
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Sausage and Spinach Skillet Pizza
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Stuffed Italian Meatballs
Spiced Italian sausage encases melty mozzarella cheese for meatballs perfect dipped in marinara sauce, stuffed into a calzone or plopped on top of spaghetti.
Spinach-Mushroom-Sausage Pierogi Bake
You don't get much easier than this recipe from Jan Valdez of Chicago! Saute a few ingredients, stir in cream cheese to make a sauce, and dump it all over frozen pierogis in a casserole dish. (You don't even need to thaw the pierogis!)
Cheese Fondue
Classic cheese fondue is a splurge in every sense--but it's also guaranteed bliss. (And you don't even need a fondue pot!) CJ Bienert, owner of The Cheese Shop of Des Moines, shares his easy recipe.
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
The combo of butternut squash, rigatoni, bacon and smoked cheese makes for a delicious twist on traditional mac and cheese.
Cheesy Dutch Baby with Pesto-Dressed Vegetables
We're convinced that colorful food tastes better—and nutritionists will tell you it's better for you, too. Proof: Our innovative recipe. While the egg-and-cheddar batter puffs in a skillet, a crazy-quilt of veggies roasts separately. When the timer beeps, put them together for a savory twist on a fruit-filled Dutch baby pancake.
Squash and Tomato Bake
Summer squash adds texture to this easy side dish, which combines stewed tomatoes with paprika, garlic, basil and pepper, as well as some melty mozzarella and Parmesan. It goes well with roast chicken or beef.
Brats and Beer Cheddar Chowder
The name alone evokes images of some of Wisconsin's best foods: cheese, bratwurst and beer. "Hearty comfort food!" writes a website reviewer. "Especially good if you use specialty seasoned brats from your butcher."
Mexican Mac and Cheese
Pair Mexican flavors with pasta for this comfort-food casserole that includes sausage, salsa and Monterey Jack cheese.
Southwest Corn Pudding
Buttery onions, cheddar and green chilies lace our stuffinglike pudding. Inspired by traditional skillet corn bread, this recipe works as a side or as a meatless main served with a salad or garlicky sauteed kale.
Hot Artichoke and Roasted Pepper Asiago Cheese Dip
Roasted red sweet peppers fleck this dip with a festive crimson touch. Serve the warm, cheese-filled appetizer with bread or pita wedges, or some water crackers.
Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
The ultimate comfort food gets a twist in this recipe in which mozzarella and blue cheese fill in for more common American or cheddar. Light cream, bacon and sweet onion round out the sauce.
Jack Cheese and Smoky Chipotle Fondue
Lots of Monterey Jack cheese goes into this creamy fondue, along with sour cream, chipotle peppers and bacon. Scoop up with bread or tortilla chips. It's a great party recipe or a fun family meal.
Mexican Polenta Pie
Great for a potluck or family dinner, this 12-serving casserole combines polenta with ground turkey, spices, black beans, tomatoes and Monterey Jack cheese.
Goat Cheese, Artichoke and Smoked Ham Strata
Parmesan and fontina get a flavor boost from mild goat cheese in this company-special breakfast casserole.
Short Ribs over Cheesy Polenta
Put in a slow cooker, short ribs give you a delicious, dressed-up dish with hardly any work. A hint of licorice from fennel accents the recipe.
Cheesy Brat Stew Casserole
This six-ingredient hotdish recipe from an Appleton, Wisconsin, reader features bratwurst, cheddar cheese and potatoes. "It's a quick, easy recipe," our reader says. "There's not much you can mess up."
Tortellini with Chicken and Cheese
Prepare this chicken dish in just 20 minutes using packaged ingredients. Substitute leftover chicken (or any leftover cooked meat) for the package of frozen chopped cooked chicken breast, if you like.
Tagliatelle a la Hudson
A simple mix of ingredients results in an elegant dish. Lemon peel and prosciutto flavor a whipping cream and Parmesan mixture tossed with hot pasta.
Gouda and Red Onion Pizza
You can put just about any cheese on pizza. Try Gouda or Edam on this fresh-tasting onion pizza. To ease prep, start with refrigerated pizza crust.
Spinach Quiche
This easy breakfast pie, packed with nutrient-rich spinach, isn't overly eggy like some quiches. The recipe comes from Carol Reimer of Brownsburg, Indiana.
Hot-Stuff Kielbasa-Cheese Soup
Robust kielbasa sausage simmers with potatoes and sharp cheddar for this meal-in-a-bowl. Turn to low-sodium broth to reduce the salt.
Bacon and Baked Potato Soup
Shredded American cheese is ideal for this soup because it melts so well. "My family loved this soup, and I even passed on the recipe to a neighbor who also thought it was awesome," notes one of our website reviewers.
Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole
Combine Italian meatballs, three kinds of cheese, pasta and sauce for this easy, crowd-pleasing casserole.
Starker's Bacon and Cheese Curd Burger
Sugared bacon and melting cheese curds or string cheese make a mouthwatering filling for these behemoth burgers. The recipe comes from chef/owner John McClure of Starker's Restaurant at Country Club Plaza in Kansas City.
Eight-Layer Casserole
Cream cheese and cheddar melt into layers of ground beef, tomato sauce, spinach and noodles with a hint of basil in this hotdish recipe.
Cheesy Potato Soup
Potato, bacon and cheese--all the flavors you love in a bowl of soup! The American cheese keeps the soup from curdling while it slow cooks. Mashing cooked potatoes a bit gives the soup some body, while the bacon adds a smoky-salty taste.
Triangle Ranch Scalloped Corn
Eggs, creamed corn, diced green chile peppers and American cheese give this classic American side dish a new flavor. Saltines add some texture to the mix.
Swiss-Artichoke Dip
Artichoke hearts, dried tomatoes and sauce combine for a rich, creamy dip. Our recipe calls for processed Swiss cheese because it melts smoothly, but regular Swiss cheese will work fine, too. The dip will have a more stretchy, less creamy texture, but it tastes just as good.
Mexican Tortilla Casseroles
Combine cubed cooked chicken, corn, Mexican cheese, tortillas and salsa in individual-size baking dishes for this casserole dish, which you can make ahead and freeze.
Ultimate Grilled Cheese and Ham Panini with Parsnip Fries
When grilled cheese dreams big, it winds up like this. Our melty-perfect creation layers fruit chutney with ham, thinly sliced pear, a few arugula leaves, Gouda and creamy, nutty Fontina.
Ultimate Grilled Cheese and Ham Panini with Parsnip Fries
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Marilyns are mountains or hills with 150 meters or more of prominence located in Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. The name comes from a play on words, based on the first name of a famous American actress and the well-known "Munro" peak list of Scotland. This list only includes those in England.
Peakbagging as we know it was invented in Britain, and there is a very long and rich long tradition of compiling hill lists.. The goal of this web site is to show a representative subset of some of the better-known lists from UK and Ireland in a global context, and not to be an exhaustive resource. There are countless other online destinations for information and ascent tracking in the British hills.
In compiling these lists, I used the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH), Version 14.1, to supplement the data that had long been in the Peakbagger database. Thanks are also due to Alan Dawson, Chris Crocker, Rob Woodall, and Peter Stone for helpful comments and review of UK/Ireland data on this site.
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Hardly anything beats these "Financiers" as my idea of a coffee accompaniment, Ive adapted the following from François Payard's Chocolate Epiphany:
Triple Chocolate Financiers
Yield: 40 financiers
If you can not get financier molds, you can make this recipe in mini muffin pans, lining them with paper baking cups before pouring the batter in the molds. The resulting financiers will be a bit larger, so you'll have fewer, but they'll taste just as good.
Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy!
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons finely ground blanched almonds
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 4 large egg whites, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon dark rum
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 4 tablespoons unsalted margarine **
- Vegetable cooking spray, for the molds
- 3 tablespoons semisweet mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons cocoa nibs
Make the Batter: Sift together the confectioners' sugar, finely ground blanched almonds, all-purpose flour,cocoa powder, and baking powder over a large bowl.Whisk in the egg whites, rum, and vanilla extract, until just combined.
Whisk the honey into the margarine and whisk the mixture into the batter until everything is combined, and lump free. Cover the batter and refrigerate it overnight or up to 4 days. This allows the flour to relax.
Bake the Financiers: Place a rack and preheat the oven to 375 F. Spray to 20 count financier molds with vegetable cooking spray. If using silicone molds, arrange them on a baking sheet.
Sprinkler 8 to 10 mini chocolate chips in each cup. Spoon the batter into a pastry bag or resealable plastic bag, and cut a 1/4 inch opening in the tip or corner of the bag. Pipe the batter almost to the top of each cup, and sprinkle cocoa nibs on the top.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until the financiers spring back when you lightly press on them and the sides slightly pull back from the edges of the molds. Remove the molds from the oven and leave them on the baking sheet. Let the financiers cool in the molds. They can be stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry environment for up to 2 days.
Browned Margarine
Put the quantity of margarine required by the recipe in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Let it bubble and cook until it turns light golden brown. Whisk a couple of times during the process to ensure that all the butter melts and browns evenly. Once it reachers the desired color, immediately remove the butter from the heat and transfer to a bowl to stop the cooking process. Use immediately, or let cool until just warm to the touch but still melted, as directed in the recipe. [They taste great as parve cookies, but will taste far better as dairy ones. Use butter instead of margarine; browned butter has a nutty taste that goes fantastically well in desserts.]


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Top US commander in Afghanistan now entangled in Petraeus sex scandal
PERTH, Australia (AP) - In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a written statement issued to reporters aboard his aircraft, en route from Honolulu to Perth, Australia, that the FBI referred the matter to the Pentagon on Sunday.
Panetta said that he ordered a Pentagon investigation of Allen on Monday.
A senior defense official traveling with Panetta said Allen's communications were with Jill Kelley, who has been described as an unpaid social liaison at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., which is headquarters to the U.S. Central Command. She is not a U.S. government employee.
Kelley is said to have received threatening emails from Broadwell, who is Petraeus' biographer and who had an extramarital affair with Petraeus that reportedly began after he became CIA director in September 2011.
Petraeus resigned as CIA director on Friday.
Allen, a four-star Marine general, succeeded Petraeus as the top American commander in Afghanistan in July 2011.
The senior official, who discussed the matter only on condition of anonymity because it is under investigation, said Panetta believed it was prudent to launch a Pentagon investigation, although the official would not explain the nature of Allen's problematic communications.
The official said 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails and other documents from Allen's communications with Kelley between 2010 and 2012 are under review. He would not say whether they involved sexual matters or whether they are thought to include unauthorized disclosures of classified information. He said he did not know whether Petraeus is mentioned in the emails.
"Gen. Allen disputes that he has engaged in any wrongdoing in this matter," the official said. He said Allen currently is in Washington.
Panetta said that while the matter is being investigated by the Defense Department Inspector General, Allen will remain in his post as commander of the International Security Assistance Force, based in Kabul. He praised Allen as having been instrumental in making progress in the war.
But the Allen investigation adds a new complication to an Afghan war effort that is at a particularly difficult juncture. Allen had just provided Panetta with options for how many U.S. troops to keep in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition's combat mission ends in 2014. And he was due to give Panetta a recommendation soon on the pace of U.S. troop withdrawals in 2013.
The war has been largely stalemated, with little prospect of serious peace negotiations with the Taliban and questions about the Afghan government's ability to handle its own security after 2014.
At a photo session with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard shortly after he arrived in Perth, Panetta was asked by a reporter whether Allen could remain an effective commander in Kabul while under investigation. Panetta did not respond.
The FBI's decision to refer the Allen matter to the Pentagon rather than keep it itself, combined with Panetta's decision to allow Allen to continue as Afghanistan commander without a suspension, suggested strongly that officials viewed whatever happened as a possible infraction of military rules rather than a violation of federal criminal law.
Allen was Deputy Commander of Central Command, based in Tampa, prior to taking over in Afghanistan. He also is a veteran of the Iraq war.
In the meantime, Panetta said, Allen's nomination to be the next commander of U.S. European Command and the commander of NATO forces in Europe has been put on hold "until the relevant facts are determined." He had been expected to take that new post in early 2013, if confirmed by the Senate, as had been widely expected.
Allen was to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. Panetta said he asked committee leaders to delay that hearing.
The senior defense official said Panetta has not talked to Allen about the investigation, nor has he discussed the matter with President Barack Obama, although he consulted with unspecified White House officials before making the decision to seek a postponement of Allen's confirmation hearing.
Panetta did talk about the Allen matter with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who happens to also be in Perth for a meeting of American and Australian diplomatic and defense officials. Those talks were starting Tuesday with an official dinner.
With a cloud over Allen's head, it was unclear Tuesday whether he would return to Kabul, even though Panetta said Allen would remain in command. The second-ranking American general in Afghanistan is Army Lt. Gen. James Terry.
NATO officials had no comment about the delay in Allen's appointment.
"We have seen Secretary Panetta's statement," NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero said in Brussels. "It is a U.S. investigation."
Panetta also said he wants the Senate Armed Services Committee to act promptly on Obama's nomination of Gen. Joseph Dunford to succeed Allen as commander in Afghanistan. That nomination was made several weeks ago. Dunford's hearing is also scheduled for Thursday.
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On the same day that Google announced it is launching Google Fiber in the Texas capital, AT&T said it would be more than happy to do the same—that is, assuming that the telco giant is "granted the same terms and conditions as Google on issues such as geographic scope of offerings, rights of way, permitting, state licenses and any investment incentives."
"Most encouraging is the recognition by government officials that policies which eliminate unnecessary regulation, lower costs and speed infrastructure deployment, can be a meaningful catalyst to additional investment in advanced networks which drives employment and economic growth," said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, in a statement.
On a conference call with reporters on Tuesday afternoon roughly an hour after AT&T's press release, both Google and the City of Austin were quick to point out that Google had not received any "economic incentives" from the city.
"We haven't offered any economic incentives," Lee Leffingwell, the city's mayor, told reporters on the call. "It's strictly an agreement to expedite the process. That would be applicable to others. We have to look at [AT&T's] operation and look at their application."
The general manager for Google Access (of which Fiber is a part), Kevin Lo, echoed this sentiment.
"Like in [Kansas City], there are no special incentives," he said on the call. "We believe it's great when there's more user choice. We welcome AT&T's announcement. I think it's great that people want a [gigabit connection]."
However, while there may not have been economic incentives in the purest and most narrow definition of the term, if Kansas City, MO is any indicator, the city certainly pulled out all the stops for Google.
As we reported last year, the agreement (PDF) between Google and the City of Fountains specifies that the city will "make space available to Google in City facilities for the installation of Google's Central Office equipment and for additional network facilities," will "provide power necessary for Google's equipment at City locations," and "will not charge Google for such space, power, or related services."
For now, neither Google nor the City of Austin has published a copy of the official agreement between the two entities, although a Google spokesperson told Ars that it would be posted on the city's website.
"Both Google and the Austin government worked hard to make sure that our agreement is fair, non-exclusive and transparent," the spokesperson said. "The agreements address the same basic items, but since Austin and Kansas City are different cities, with different infrastructure and processes, the details differ."